By: jimmy buffett      Missing link crouched upon a promontory rock   Trying to figure out his biological clock   No one around to announce his arrival   So he's got to get to work on his sense of survival      Oh, oh it's a dangerous world      Oh but in china they got smart real fast   That's where they invented the manmade blast   They lost a few fingers and some bamboo shacks   But they gave birth to a tribe of pyromaniancs      Oh, oh it's a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)   Fire in the sky, lava in the ocean   Sitting around waiting for the next explosion      Back in the 50s they thought it made good sense   To teach all the school children 'bout civil defense   Don't be scared (don't be scared)   Do not cry (please don't cry)   Just dive under your desk and kiss your ass goodbye      Oh, oh such a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)      It was a hell of a hustle   Paranoia promotion   Everybody duck and cover just waitin' for the next explosion      Where're you gonna be when it hits the fan   Got a plan   Whatcha gonna do if it lands on you   Where's your point of view      Down at the beach club there's a sales convention   Night sky is the focus of that crowd's attention   It's no cosmic collision just a fireworks show   But they feel it in their hearts when those concussion bombs blow      Oh, oh such a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)      Gunpowder's louder than newton's law of motion   Everybody's waiting for the next explosion      Fire on the sky falling in the ocean   Sitting around waiting for the next explosion   (sitting around waiting for the next explosion)